Word: pwa
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...this time Artist Jere Miah II refused to let his name be known, but emitted a series of pronouncements through President Birch-Field of the gallery. Most important was the fact that he had never been on the PWA rolls. The initials after his name, he said, meant "Poor White Artist." The only hint of his identity was a report that the artist was comparatively unknown, 35, tall, blond, separated from his wife and disgusted with the New Deal...
...pedagogs have taken hope. In 37 States school building has leaped 700%-$34,000,000 in the first quarter of this year as against less than $5,000,000 in the same period in 1933. And from Washington last week went word that 1934-35 school expenditures under PWA will total $160,603,032 of which $126,755,474 will be in the form of Federal loans and grants...
Robert R. Doane, onetime expert employed by the National Industrial Conference Board, was hired five months ago as Director of Research for a National Survey of Potential Product Capacity undertaken with PWA funds. Its purpose was to find out how much of every kind of goods the U. S. can produce. Last week Researcher Doane wrote an article in the New Outlook interpreting some of the facts he found...
Other delegates last week were eagerly awaiting the results of a current nation-wide survey by the U. S. Office of Education to locate all unemployed deaf persons, find jobs for them in CWA and PWA, check up on the success of deaf persons in various occupations...
Land-planes have flown faster than 500 m.p.h.. seaplanes better than 400 m.p.h. To make flying speeds of 500 m.p.h. possible as well as safe, Secretary Ickes last week allotted $478,300 of PWA funds to construct a high-speed wind tunnel at the laboratory of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics at Langley Field, Va. Planned for completion within a year, the 154-ft. tunnel will be made of reinforced concrete with steel-plated walls. Through its test chamber, 8-ft, in diameter, fans driven by 8,000-h.p. motors will hurl a 500-m.p.h. hurricane. Said...